habenula

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin habenula, diminutive of habena.

Noun

habenula (plural habenulae or habenulæ)

1. (neuroanatomy) A circumscript mass of cells in the caudal and dorsal aspect of the dorsal thalamus.

Holonyms

• epithalamus

Derived terms

• habenular
• habenular nucleus
• lateral habenula

Translations

mass of cells in the thalamus

• Finnish: aivo-ohjas, habenula
• French: habenula (fr) f
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: abenula (it) f
• Polish: uzdeczka (pl) f
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: habénula f

Latin

Etymology

From habēna +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /haˈbeː.nu.la/, [häˈbeːnʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈbe.nu.la/, [äˈbɛːnulä]

Noun

habēnula f (genitive habēnulae); first declension

1. a small strip of diseased flesh which is cut out from the body

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	habēnula	habēnulae
Genitive	habēnulae	habēnulārum
Dative	habēnulae	habēnulīs
Accusative	habēnulam	habēnulās
Ablative	habēnulā	habēnulīs
Vocative	habēnula	habēnulae

References

• “habenula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• habenula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.